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Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Native American Relations in Texas: David G Burnet to m.b. Menard, Mar 1836

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Read this letter through which the interim president of Texas wrote to Michel B. Menard, "a trader and adopted member of the Shawnee nation," asking Menard "to negotiate a peace treaty with the Shawnees, Delawares, and Kickapoos." This site includes images of the original letter as well as easy-to-read line-by-line transcription of the handwritten text.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)